Pizza Delivery Man Arrested and Turned Over to ICE While Delivering Pies to Military Base, Officials Say
6th June 2018
Military officials stopped Pablo Villavicencio – an immigrant from Ecuador and father of two – after he delivered pizza to the Fort Hamilton Army base on Friday, according to New York City Councilman Justin Brannan.
When Mr Villavicencio failed to provide adequate identification, Mr Brannan said, the officers passed him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The 32-year-old remained in ICE custody on Monday, pending his removal from the country.
Wondering when these guys will cotton to the fact that ‘illegal’ means ‘subject to arrest and deportation’. This elementary knowledge doesn’t appear able to cross the blood/brain barrier with some people.
Eric Adams, the borough president for Brooklyn, said Mr Villavicencio’s arrest set a “dangerous precedent”.
Um, let’s see: Enforcing the law is a ‘dangerous precedent’. Yeah, that guy’s a Democrat.
“It is unimaginable that a person can go from a pizza to prison,” he said at a press conference.
I have no problem imagining that.
An ICE spokesperson confirmed Mr Villavicencio had been detained, and was being held in custody pending his removal. The spokesperson said Mr Villavicencio had failed to comply with a 2010 voluntary departure order and was considered a fugitive.
Sounds pretty cut-and-dried to me. I’d be inclined to send Eric Abrams along with him.